Summary

  • AFC: Buffalo Bills (2) beat Baltimore Ravens (3) 27-25 in showdown at Highmark Stadium

  • Bills quarterback Josh Allen rushes for two touchdowns and throws for 127 yards in victory

  • MVP rival Lamar Jackson almost forces overtime but sees two-point conversion attempt dropped in endzone by Mark Andrews

  • The Bills will play reigning two-time Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs in AFC Championship game on Sunday, 26 January

  • NFC: Philadelphia Eagles (2) beat Los Angeles Rams (4) 28-22 in first game on Sunday

  • Saquon Barkley runs for 205 yards and scores 78-yard and 62-yard rushing touchdowns for the Eagles in blizzard conditions at Lincoln Financial Field

  • They will host Washington Commanders (6) in NFC Championship Game

  1. Familiar foespublished at 02:52 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills

    Josh Allen embraces Patrick MahomesImage source, Getty Images

    Josh Allen has booked himself another game against the Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes.

    Despite beating Mahomes four times in the regular season, he has lost all three of his match-ups with the Chiefs in the play-offs.

    The only other quarter-backs to meet more frequently in the post-season are Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.

  2. Championship games schedulepublished at 02:51 Greenwich Mean Time

    So here we are, the final four are set with two games next week to decide who will move on to the Super Bowl in New Orleans next month.

    And what a couple of games we've got for you....

    Sunday 26 January

    • NFC Championship game: Washington (6) at Philadelphia Eagles (2), 20:00 GMT
    • AFC Championship game: Buffalo Bills (2) at Kansas City Chiefs (1), 23:30 GMT
  3. Jackson statspublished at 02:47 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills

    Lamar JacksonImage source, Getty Images

    Lamar Jackson had a much better stat line than Josh Allen with 254 yards passing and two touchdowns, along with 39 yards on the ground.

    BUT he throw an interception and lost a fumble - and with Buffalo playing a clean game those turnovers ultimately cost Baltimore.

    Tonight was the first game this season Jackson committed multiple turnovers - what a time to do it....

  4. Postpublished at 02:45 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills

    Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen speaking to CBS:

    "How about that Buffalo Bills defence! All year we've heard we've got no talent, we're too small, we can't stop the run, we're not good enough to compete. We just put our heads down and worked hard. I'm so proud.

    "We know what they (Kansas City Chiefs) are, they're the perenial of what you want to be in the NFL. We've got to beat them to get past them.

    "I've got so much respect and love for him (Lamar Jackson). He's a true competitior, a true football player, one of the greatest ever to step on the football field.

  5. One step closerpublished at 02:45 Greenwich Mean Time

    A graphic of the play-off schedule

    With that Bills victory, the final four is set.

  6. Postpublished at 02:44 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills

    Jason Bell
    Former NFL cornerback on Sky Sports

    It was the turnovers, that was the story of the day. You can't beat yourself in games like this and that's exactly what happened. Missed opportunities, turnovers, hats off to the Bills, they made it happen and deserve to be one step away from the Super Bowl.

    If you win the turnover battle, you're probably going to win the game.

  7. Bills defy the oddspublished at 02:44 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills

    The Bills were home underdogs for the first time in 42 games, with many thinking they would be unable to stop Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry in Baltimore's powerful rushing attack.

    The Ravens did get 176 yards on the ground - and in fact Baltimore outgained Buffalo overall by 416-273, but those three turnovers by the visitors totally changed the game.

    Josh Allen was quiet with his arm, throwing for just 127 yards and only ran for another 20, but those two rushing touchdowns he scored set them up, and the Bills defence did the rest.

  8. Buffalo Bills to face Chiefs in AFC Championshippublished at 02:38 Greenwich Mean Time
    Breaking

    Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills

    So there it is! The Buffalo Bills are back in the AFC title game and once again it's Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs standing in the way of Josh Allen and an appearance in the Super Bowl.

  9. Postpublished at 02:36 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills

    Tony Romo
    Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback on CBS

    Legacies are created in games like these, and this has been as big a legacy game that Josh Allen has played in.

  10. That's the game!published at 02:34 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills

    Ty Johnson takes the hand-off and runs for a first down that ices this game for the Buffalo Bills and they;re heading back to the AFC Championship game!

  11. Onside kickpublished at 02:33 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills

    Now it's all on the onside kick, if Buffalo. recover it that's pretty much game over

  12. Postpublished at 02:32 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills

    Tony Romo
    Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback on CBS

    The conditions....but you've got to catch that all day. That's caught 999 times out of 1,000. That's shocking.

  13. No good!published at 02:32 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills

    The two-point throw goes to Mark Andrews at the front corner of the end zone, but he drops it!

    Andrews is such an outstanding receiver at tight end, and it was such a simple catch, perhaps the only difficulty that he was falling backwards, but still that's one he will expect to catch every single time.

  14. touchdown

    Touchdown - Ravens!published at 02:30 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 25-27 Buffalo Bills

    There it is! It's the other tight end Isaiah Likely who comes sliding into the end zone to collect the low throw for the touchdown!

    Lamar Jackson just had a ton of time, I mean a serious amount of time, and eventually he found Likely with a diving catch - great protection, great patience and a great catch, now this comeback is really on!

    Now they need a two-point conversion to tie the game...

  15. Wide open!published at 02:30 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 19-27 Buffalo Bills

    The don't cover Mark Andrews and that's a big mistake as Lamar Jackson has plenty of time to have a look around and just lob an easy ball to his tight end atthe Buffalo 24.

  16. Postpublished at 02:28 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 19-27 Buffalo Bills

    Tony Romo
    Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback on CBS

    What a play by Lamar Jackson. People bearing down on him, he turns and throws back. Wow.

  17. Postpublished at 02:27 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 19-27 Buffalo Bills

    Jason Bell
    Former NFL cornerback on Sky Sports

    Jackson throws it across his body. It's very dangerous, but that's what Lamar does.

    These moments, these plays that aren't expected to happen.

  18. Two-minute warningpublished at 02:27 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 19-27 Buffalo Bills

    Lamar Jackson doing Lamar Jackson things! He's off on the run but just when the defenders zero in on him he flips a pass to Tylan Wallace who races into Buffalo territory on a 27-yard play.

    What a spot to take a quick pause ahead of the final two minutes of the game - Baltimore needing a touchdown have the ball around halfway. Jackson will feel he needs some redemption after a couple of turnovers.

    Let's see what he's got...

  19. Postpublished at 02:23 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 19-27 Buffalo Bills

    Lamar JacksonImage source, Getty Images

    Bit of a surprise to see Lamar Jackson air it out on first down looking for Isaiah Likely.

    It's less of a shock to see him take off and get eight yards on second down when again he reads Buffalo's zone defence and spots they've sunk deep and allowed room to run.

  20. Postpublished at 02:20 Greenwich Mean Time

    Baltimore Ravens 19-27 Buffalo Bills

    Jason Bell
    Former NFL cornerback on Sky Sports

    This is the moment we've all been waiting for. Let's see if Ravens offence can do something. This is the drive of the year right now.